Eye Drops

Quick Story

Corinne has an eye infection. So, she needs drops in her eyes twice a day for 5 days. The drops hurt, or burn, she hates them. Kevin feels her eyes are not goopy enough to warrant such torture, even though the doc disagrees. So, to prove she did need them he took her most beloved and hugged lion, and rubbed lion on his eyes. Kevin theorizes if he doesn't have an eye infection in 24 hours she doesn't need to be tortured with the drops. His eyes started itching almost immediately.

That is love.

The House I Came Home To

I am not sure I have ever been happier to come home. It was not the greatest vacation as both kids and many of the grown ups were sick. To add to my joy at arriving home was the new house I was greeted by. I might have driven right past my own home. Kevin worked hard on projects in the house while Corinne and I were gone. Plus, we had the house sided. What a difference!!


Freshly painted ceiling and new ceiling fan



Stairs Before

Stairs After


House Before

House Now (the porch cover is twice as big too)


New Light Fixtures

A Great Valentine Weekend

This is a not so great family picture last Friday afternoon. It was the start of our weekend. Kevin had Friday off and we spent the day hanging out. Then we packed up Corinne for a sleep over and Granny and Grandpa's. Once Corinne was settled in I returned home, we exchanged beautiful and thoughtful gifts, and Kevin and I were off. It was BIG DATE night ;)

I had signed us up for a couples massage class at the place down the road. It was actually really cool. There were 4 couples, 2 massage therapists and 4 therapy rooms. After uncomfortably watching one massage therapist receive a massage from the other (to learn technique) each couple was sent to their own room. The therapists traveled to each room to give tips and guide us, they also provided instruction from the hallway. It was fun! We followed class with delicious bar meal at Duke's. We stayed up late and slept until past 10 the next morning and then went to get Corinne. She was so happy to see us, it was awesome. That being said, she had been a perfect house guest, went to bed easily, slept all night, played, and was a pleasure to be around.
Corrine and I had made some chocolate covered strawberry treats for Valentine's Day. She enjoyed them very much! We made a few treat bags also, they turned out really cute and if I had thought about I would have taken a picture of them :( oh well.

The rest of our weekend was nice also. I went out for brunch and a little shopping with a girlfriend. Kevin worked on the porch a bit more. It was nice to have a romantic evening just the two of us, and then great to have the family back together. Life is good.

New Game

Corinne's favorite new pastime to is squat down and see how long she has to stay right in front of Rufus' mouth before he will give her kisses. It is not my favorite game ever. She loves her doggies!